12 - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "12"
12 (2007)
Timing: 2:39 (159 min)
12 - TMDB rating
6.921/10
311
12 - Kinopoisk rating
7.736/10
158064
12 - IMDB rating
7.5/10
16000

Film crew

Director

Producer

Executive Producer

Aleksey Balashov
Executive Producer
Photo Sergey Gurevich #74847
Sergey Gurevich
Executive Producer

Writer

Aleksandr Novototskiy-Vlasov
Writer
Vladimir Moiseenko
Writer

Casting

Tamara Odintsova
Casting

Editor

Enzo Meniconi
Editor

Special Effects Supervisor

Ilya Churinov
Special Effects Supervisor

Costume Design

Natalya Dzyubenko
Costume Design

Production Design

Viktor Petrov
Production Design

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Vincent Arnardi

Vincent Arnardi
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Julien Perez
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Original Music Composer

Photo Eduard Artemyev #72586Photo Eduard Artemyev #72587

Eduard Artemyev

Eduard Artemyev
Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

Photo Vladislav Opelyants #81735
Vladislav Opelyants
Director of Photography

Camera Operator

Martin Grošup
Camera Operator

Sound Effects Editor

Alexander Volodin
Sound Effects Editor

Sound Mixer

André Rigaut
Sound Mixer

Story

Line Producer

Aleksey Karpushin
Line Producer
Yekaterina Yakovleva
Line Producer

Sound Editor

André Rigaut
Sound Editor

What's left behind the scenes

  • Since all 12 actors had to be constantly on camera, Nikita Mikhalkov signed a strict contract with everyone. The main condition was that the actors could not participate in other projects during filming. Valentin Gaft was the exception. Nikita Sergeyevich allowed him to attend performances – while he rehearsed with other actors.
  • The film features a uniquely striking moment – a 10-minute monologue by Sergey Makovetsky, filmed in a single take with a wide shot.
  • How Sergey Makovetsky was cast in the role. Late in the autumn of 2006, Mikhalkov called Makovetsky and, without any preamble, asked into the phone: “Makovetsky, do you believe in God?” – “Who is this?” – “It doesn’t matter who. Do you believe or not?” – “Well, I do believe…” – “And do you go to church?” – “I do.” – “Your prayers have been answered.”
  • The impetus for filming '12' was a forced break in work on 'Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel'. Mikhalkov’s idea was that a remake of Lumet’s film would prevent the film crew from stagnating. It should be recalled that in 1978, he similarly filmed the brilliant 'Five Evenings' based on Alexander Volodin’s play between the two parts of 'Several Days in the Life of I.I. Oblomov'.
  • The role of the first juror (Sergey Makovetsky) was originally intended for Oleg Menshikov, but after reading the script, he realized it wasn’t right for him and declined.
  • The film was shot in five weeks.
  • The photograph of the mother shown by Yuri Stoyanov’s character is actually himself, only heavily made up.
  • The names of the jurors are unknown, except for Nikita Mikhalkov’s character. At the end of the film, in a conversation with a Chechen boy, it is revealed that his name is Nikolai. In the television version, in the episode on the street where the jurors are going home, in a dialogue between the “taxi driver” (Sergei Garmash) and the “Jew” (Valentin Gaft), they tell each other that their names are Arkady (the taxi driver) and Pavel (the Jew).
  • The film contains a borrowing from an earlier film by Nikita Mikhalkov (“Relatives,” 1981) – a suddenly ringing alarm clock in a briefcase, which the character turns off by hitting the briefcase.
  • The episode with the dog carrying a severed human hand is borrowed from Akira Kurosawa’s famous film “Yojimbo”.
  • Since all 12 actors had to be constantly on set, Nikita Mikhalkov signed a strict contract with each of them. The main condition was that the actors could not participate in other projects during filming. Valentin Gaft was the exception. Nikita Sergeyevich allowed him to attend performances – while he conducted rehearsals with other actors.
  • How Sergei Makovetsky was cast in the role. Late autumn 2006, Mikhalkov called Makovetsky and, without any pleasantries, said into the phone: “Makovetsky, do you believe in God?” - “Who is this?” - “It doesn’t matter who. Do you believe or not?” - “Well, I do…” - “And do you go to church?” - “I do” - “Your prayers have been answered.”
  • The reason for filming '12' was a forced break in work on 'Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel'. Mikhalkov’s idea was that a remake of Lumet’s film would prevent the film crew from stagnating. It should be recalled that in 1978 he did exactly the same thing, between the two parts of 'A Few Days in the Life of I.I. Oblomov', he filmed the brilliant film 'Five Evenings' based on the play by Alexander Volodin.
  • The names of the jurors are unknown, with the exception of Nikita Mikhalkov's character. At the end of the film, in a conversation with a Chechen boy, it is revealed that his name is Nikolai. In the television version, in the episode on the street where the jurors are going home, in a dialogue between the "taxi driver" (Sergei Garmash) and the "Jew" (Valentin Gaft), they tell each other their names are Arkady (the taxi driver) and Pavel (the Jew).
  • The film contains a borrowing from an earlier film by Nikita Mikhalkov ("Relatives", 1981) – a suddenly ringing alarm clock in a briefcase, which the character turns off by hitting the briefcase.
  • The episode with the dog carrying a severed human hand is borrowed from Akira Kurosawa's famous film "Yojimbo" (also known as "Bodyguard").
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